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Welcome to the University of Chicago Child Neurosuite, headed by Dr. Jean Decety where we conduct developmental social neuroscience research with young children.

We study the development of morality, social decision-making, empathy, and prosocial behavior in infants and children, by combining behavioral economics and neuroscience methods. We are also running cross-cultural developmental investigations of moral reasoning and distributive justice in numerous countries around the world.